"The Ballad Of Keiko" lyrics

Many have mused on the old mystery
Where went the whale that the world had set free
Somewhere the answers are lost to the sea
In the dark briny blue

Weeks beneath waves as he journeyed along
We'll tell you three tales but the tales could be wrong
For only a whale knows the words to this song
And can sing, what is true
What did he do in the dark
Briny blue

So much water, so much sky
Giant shadows pass me by
I join the pod, we're fin to fin
They circle 'round, and take me in
We're weaving through the waves, soaring through the space
They sing the saddest songs that sound like mine
We roughhouse and we race, to herring that we chase
We slap our tails and splash along the coast line

Now I'm part of a pack
In a swarm white and black
And we're flying free
Free and back, [?] and front
[?] help, need to hunt
Like a family

And I spent days upon days
Upon days upon days
Growing strong here
I spent days upon days
Upon days upon days
I belong here

But then, one day
I get distracted
A familiar sort of sound
An engine hums, I go to chase it
But I get turned around
And when I try to circle back
Can't find a swirl of white and black
And now my pack
Is no where to be found

So much water, so much sky
Goodbye

Just for a bit did he finally belong
We told you a tale but the tale could be wrong
For only a whale knows the words to his song
And can sing, what is true
One tale was told, then a second unfolds
There is more to the hole in the dark
Briny blue

So much water, so much sky
Giant shadows pass me by
Black and white, they're big and broad
They're just like me, is this my pod?
I'm swimming to the side, hoping I can stay
I try find a song that they might know
But I can't get it right, I've never sung their way
I fumble and I never find the flow

And there's having despair
But they don't want to share
They refuse to play
And they're rowdy and rough
And I'm not quick enough
When they swim away
And I try to stun a fish but I stumble
I'm hungry and my stomach starts to rumble

And for days upon days
Upon days upon days
Isolation
And for days upon days
Upon days I have no
Destination
And my mind goes blank
And I miss my tank
So much water, so much sky

Two different tales of our whales I've been seeing
Was he embraced or exiled
How did he cope free from captivity
How did he fare in the wild oh
Two different tales that washed up on the shore
And if you listen, the dark briny blue holds one more

So much water, so much sky
Now I'm here, I'm not sure why
Such an endless blue abyss
They fought to set me free, for this?
I'm swimming with a pod
They're nice enough, I guess
And everyday we keep the same routine
We swim and sleep and hunt
It's pleasant more or less
But there's another world they've never seen

'Cause they don't know the thrill
When you show off a brilliant daring dive
And the kids cut their hands as they scream from the stands
And you feel alive

'Cause for days upon days
Upon days upon days
I was famous
Now it's days upon days
Upon days upon days
And I'm, nameless
Aimless

I miss the children who would play
I miss belly rubs all day
Packs of people swimming at my side
They hold onto my fin and we would ride, and ride

Gave the wild a real try
It's too much water, too much sky
Goodbye

Many have mused on the old mystery
So much unknown, but on this we agree
He journeyed those long thousand miles across the sea
'Til he reached somewhere new
That much is true, but what did he do?
What did he do in the dark
Briny blues